If your Pixel Watch has been acting up since updating to Wear OS 6, don’t jump to the conclusion that it’s broken—you’re not alone. Reports online suggest that using third-party watch faces can lead to issues, ranging from choppy transitions from always-on display to unsightly screen burn-in. What exactly is going on here?
Is your Pixel Watch acting strangely? It’s not broken—it’s a Wear OS 6 issue.
According to foreign media reports Android Authority A report revealed that after updating to Wear OS 6, some watches experienced display issues, which also occurred with the recent Wear OS 6.1 update. Although this issue does not damage the watch, the visual glitches caused by poor rendering are simply unpleasant to look at. Clearly, this is not a problem with specific apps or watch faces, but rather an issue with Google’s Wear OS. So, if you use a Pixel Watch or Galaxy Watch, there’s a good chance you’re affected—but it’s important not to panic, as your hardware should be fine.
Currently, this issue has been highlighted by Google and Samsung’s issue-tracking websites. Although you’d like to resolve this problem as soon as possible, users will have to wait patiently. Both companies are aware of this issue. It’s clear that over the past few months, users have been voicing their concerns about this specific problem, hoping that such reports will bring the issue to light more directly and compel someone to take action to investigate and propose a solution.
You can imagine that people have already come up with several ways to solve this problem, such as replacing the watch face. Although this isn’t a permanent solution—the problem will resurface after a while, at which point you’ll have to keep replacing the watch face until you’re ready to give up. Those who are a bit more adventurous and technically savvy could dig into the code to set the transition time to 0, switching from the live watch face to a always-on display, which would eliminate the fade-in and fade-out transitions and should resolve the issue. However, for most people, temporarily switching back to the stock watch face would be a better option—at the very least, it saves a lot of hassle. All that’s left to do is hope that Apple releases an official fix soon; after all, users’ patience has its limits.
Source: KOCPC Chinese